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Save the date for our 52nd Annual Conference from October 7-9 in Traverse City.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Join your philanthropy peers from around the state for collaboration, learning and networking!

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COMMUNITY VOICES BLOG

EMBRACING AUTHENTICITY IN YOUR STORY AND EXPERIENCES: MY “WHY” ALONGSIDE MY JOURNEY IN PHILANTHROPY

Jonathan Pulley, program manager at Rocket Community Fund and CMF’s 2023 Emerging Leader in Philanthropy honoree, shares key learnings that have emerged through his lived experiences and how it has impacted his work and his advice for finding your “why” to advance change.

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11 Trends in Philanthropy for 2024

This year’s trends share a familiar wealth of examples, data, quotes, and research publications that can help us all anticipate the vectors of change. But at the core of 11 Trends in Philanthropy for 2024, readers will find a set of questions rather than answers. Each trend poses a number of moral, economic, equity-related, tactical, and other questions that the sector will have to answer.

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